Socioemotional Wealth and Proactive Stakeholder Engagement: Why Family-Controlled Firms Care More About Their Stakeholders

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1153-1173

  Cennamo, Carmelo ^a   Berrone, Pascual ^b   Cruz, Cristina ^c   Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84876185219     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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